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Comment Re:I have 10 implants and I never had that problem (Score 1) 42

by pz (#65811983) Attached to: Magician Forgets Password To His Own Hand After RFID Chip Implant

But, you eventually will. Trust me, you will. Time catches up to all.

Best option is to write them down and put them in a bank vault, or similarly secure location. And include the bank identity in your will, which you entrust to a respected legal firm. Make sure that the bank knows what to do with the contents of the safe deposit box if they go belly-up.

Comment Re:Is arithmetic that hard? (Score 1) 186

by pz (#65792026) Attached to: US Ends Penny-Making Run After More Than 230 Years

I see all the comments of people putting coins in jars and this is on a tech board where I expect most people to be reasonably good at arithmetic. Or is the problem that you don't have a reliable place to keep the coins?

I seldom have more than five pennies or three quarters on me at any given time because I deliberately pay out whatever it takes to get the next denomination. If price is $1.24 and I don't have exact change, I could pay $1.25 that means another penny in my wallet but if I pay $1.29, those four pennies in my wallet become one nickel. Later, I might toss that nickel at a transaction to get a single quarter back instead of two dimes. And I never pull out a $1 bill if I have four quarters.

The math is not that difficult though I do understand that it depends on me being able to keep my coins together and too many wallets have no useful coin purse.

And there are countries in Europe where if you do NOT do that sort of minimalist transaction arithmetic, you are given such a serious stink eye by the cashier that you think twice about going back again.

I jest ... but only a little.

Comment Re:Interesting (Score 1) 48

by pz (#65776034) Attached to: Kodak Quietly Begins Directly Selling Kodak Gold and Ultramax Film Again

There are plenty of places that will take your exposed film, develop, and scan and/or print for you, by mail, or in-person, at least around here. If there's a Hunt's Photo near you, they do a great job.

If you only want digital photos printed, then there are many, many places that will print pro-grade photos for cheap, and the results will be a damn sight better than what you get at the local drug store.

Comment Re:Average track position (Score 1) 43

by pz (#65775070) Attached to: Google's New Hurricane Model Was Breathtakingly Good This Season

Instead of just the average track error (the dotted black line), I'd be interested in the error of the average track position. In other words, get the track position at each timestamp for all models, average that, then determine the error.

You're describing the consensus models, and they are better than any individual model, at least thus far.

Comment Re:Hmm (Score 1) 174

This is mainly because institutions and systems that used to teach people how to do wisdom are lost. Modern age has information and tools to process it, but not the methods and practices to deal with bias and self-delusion,

Perhaps those railing against high schools, colleges, and even post-graduate education, need to go back and deal with their *own* biases and self-delusions. The institutions and systems are there.

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